Max Bemis and Chris Conley discuss the new Two Tongues record, family matters, and connecting to the rock and roll muse.

Max Bemis' new project is a collaboration with his wife Sherri, who fronts Eisley. Bemis talks balancing his family life with his recording one and how marriage has changed his music, but not in the way you think.

Max Bemis is probably best known for releasing one of the most acclaimed albums of the 2000s with his band Say Anything. Now, having uncovered a new societal rage after finding stability in his own life, he speaks open and candidly to PopMatters about his new album, his troubled past, and how even today, he still doesn't want to piss off his parents.

Max Bemis and co. have returned with one of the most self-referential albums to ever grace the emo-rock canon, and lo' and behold, it's one of Bemis' best.

Say Anything's Max Bemis recently reopened his "Song Shop", wherein you can "buy" a Say Anything song for $150, the finished acoustic number arriving in your inbox a week later. Yet is it worth it? Where does the line between creativity and commerce end?